[-pSyk-]

now here's what's my problem.

i've been trying to get the True Moonwalk (TMW) for a couple of months now, but i just cant seem to get it down.
it's nothing like a circle-glide... haha...

i watched and slowed down and re-watched and analysed the clip of Shrimp doing the TMW in Breakin' and i still dont get it.

the way he does it, is like, when you pivot your foot, you lift it up on it's toes and stick your knee out really far, and move your other foot out in a swinging motion. pivot that foot, lift it up on it's toes, stick out that leg's knee, and lower down the previous pivoted foot and swing it out.

i dont get the pivoting and lifting up part. i just cant get that effect. i look ultra sloppy doing it. i'll try to get a clip of whatever i have of my TMW (it's REALLY CRAPPY) so you guys can see really how bad it is.

also, the hands. yes, the hands.
look at Shrimp doing it. his hands arent doing anything. they're not waving, not moving in a "special" way, they're just relaxed, so maybe you can say that it's one of those "relaxed" glides.

and, the posture. i noticed that whenever Shrimp does the TMW (he does it a couple of times in total in Breakin') his butt kinda sticks out and he leans forward. his back is not hunched or crumped though, it's straight. so he kinda looks like ">". (of course, not THAT sharp.)

any help is appreciated...
because if there's another glide i'd want to get down, it'd be the TMW. my sideglide's deproving. time to work on it. my circle-glide isnt improving either, but i get cheers every now and then for it.
so i was just wanting to get another type of circular glide.

thanks.

[khoriatybboy]

your right, the true moon walk is hard, but i pretty much have it mastered. don't worry about all that pivoting junk just do your best to copy it and have someone else see out ur probs then work on them. i might have just joined today, but i do know the moonwalk it is my specialty (spell check that )

[WooMasta]

What's this...true moonwalk? i've never heard of it. I've heard of the moonwalk by MJ...but...True MoonWalk..never heard of it. can you have a link to a clip oh this TMW?

[Poppin Smurf]

yeah i started off popping wen i saw this guy doing Ginuwines umbrella performace it was off the chain i started then i got a hold of Breakin n damn then i saw shrimps moonwalk clip n ive neva senn n e one do a back glide like mj n a moonwalk like shrimp i can do a shrimp moonwalk but it aint as skilled but i can only do it in shell toes or af1's!!!!

but if u do heel toe excrs esp toe ones ull get better and prac spinin one ur toes!!!

well that helped me!!!

[BzNo]

I gotta friend who does a most perfect moonwalk. It looks fire!

[JuZ10RuLeS]

What's this...true moonwalk? i've never heard of it. I've heard of the moonwalk by MJ...but...True MoonWalk..never heard of it. can you have a link to a clip oh this TMW?

its this guy with one of them bowl hats and red parachute pants you cant miss em lol

[AznXPinoyXRise]

Da true moonwalk hella nice to see but hella hard to do He looks like hes on ice hell of alot of control damn I wish I can do dat.........

[khoriatybboy]

the true moon walk is good but don't over rate it, all u gotta do is ust keep practicin, thats wut i did and now my moon walk is as smooth as a baby's powderd ass

[-pSyk-]

the True Moonwalk is totally different from the "moonwalk" (correctly called a Backslide) that Michael Jackson does.

the TMW can be described as (i think someone on this forum described it this way before) a wide-legged circular glide.

Poppin Smurf: thanks man, i've been working on heel-toe exercises but i'm not gonna stop there haha... and how the heck you dance in AF1's? i find it a chore because they're just not responsive to me enough. maybe it's just me. lol.

khoriatybboy: you got any clips of your TMW? cos i'd like to see more clips of TMWs...

[Poppin Smurf]

Originally posted by -pSyk-


Poppin Smurf: and how the heck you dance in AF1's?

ha ha nah i use shell toes most o the time but af1's r gud for THE TRUE MOONWALK they jus feel so gud wen i do it!!!

and ya the true moonwalk u new school bboys would call a circular glide or some thing funny like that!!

believe me once uv got the moonwalk on lock ur set 4 the next level!!!!

[Poppin Smurf]

oh i 4got if u have Kazaa its on that search 4 Shrimp or turbo or true moonwalk its short but damn gud or u kud jus get Breakin!!!

[-pSyk-]

Originally posted by Poppin Smurf
oh i 4got if u have Kazaa its on that search 4 Shrimp or turbo or true moonwalk its short but damn gud or u kud jus get Breakin!!!

yeah kazaa was where i got the same clip...
and later i got myself a copy of Breakin'.

i can just keep watchin Shrimp do it, i can just keep replaying the clip, but i just cant seem to understand where his weight is, how he does it so effortlessly... haha..

oh and, Poppin Smurf, you're talking about AF1 lo's right?
cos i own a pair of AF1 mids and i just can't dance well in them.
i mean, sure, i can dance, but not with gliding and all.. the shoe just doesnt respond to my heel-toe movements well. kinda like wearing a block. =X

[Poppin Smurf]

yeah af1low cuts!!

ahhhh u got my movie good stuff!!!!!!
get breakin 2 and beat street!!!!

oh n wild style !!!!!

but other wise i think wen shrimp does it he disregards his weight coz thats wat i do u kno wen ur first learnin 2 glide u think its all bout ur whole foot and u glide the whole foot which causes friction and the glide looks shyt!!!! wen u then find out bout heel toe u feel lite!! thats wat i do jus take ur heel toe 2 the next level!!

look at him talkin like he's an expert!!! ha ha oh keep it real!!

[FromPop2Lock]

its not hard? lol
if you can side slide you can moonwalk

ginuwine does a really cool moonwalk he does thie other crazi fing aswell
i dunno wat that clip is so i cant help yas its on a few popping sites though i juz forgot which 1 it was

Originally posted by -pSyk-
now here's what's my problem.

i've been trying to get the True Moonwalk (TMW) for a couple of months now, but i just cant seem to get it down.
it's nothing like a circle-glide... haha...

i watched and slowed down and re-watched and analysed the clip of Shrimp doing the TMW in Breakin' and i still dont get it.

the way he does it, is like, when you pivot your foot, you lift it up on it's toes and stick your knee out really far, and move your other foot out in a swinging motion. pivot that foot, lift it up on it's toes, stick out that leg's knee, and lower down the previous pivoted foot and swing it out.

i dont get the pivoting and lifting up part. i just cant get that effect. i look ultra sloppy doing it. i'll try to get a clip of whatever i have of my TMW (it's REALLY CRAPPY) so you guys can see really how bad it is.

also, the hands. yes, the hands.
look at Shrimp doing it. his hands arent doing anything. they're not waving, not moving in a "special" way, they're just relaxed, so maybe you can say that it's one of those "relaxed" glides.

and, the posture. i noticed that whenever Shrimp does the TMW (he does it a couple of times in total in Breakin') his butt kinda sticks out and he leans forward. his back is not hunched or crumped though, it's straight. so he kinda looks like ">". (of course, not THAT sharp.)

any help is appreciated...
because if there's another glide i'd want to get down, it'd be the TMW. my sideglide's deproving. time to work on it. my circle-glide isnt improving either, but i get cheers every now and then for it.
so i was just wanting to get another type of circular glide.

thanks.

Personally, I think Shrimp's version of a true moonwalk is a very high standard to hold your own to, if not the highest (not that that's a bad thing). Just realize, he's had been doing this stuff for years. So I'm guessing, as long as you keep at it, it'll come around with time and patience. One of the main things i noticed is that Shrimp has an insane ability to balance completely on his tiptoes (download the "guest performance shrimp in japan" clip if you wnat to see). I imagine he gets alot of that effect by pushing completely off his tiptoes rather than how I, at least, sort of push off from the flat part of my toes.